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U Number:
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8605B1
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Museum:
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University of Pennsylvania Museum
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Object Type:
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Games and Music >>
Flutes
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Season Number:
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05: 1926-1927
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Description (Modern):
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Silver Tube/flute: A flute, broken in 15 pieces, made out of silver. Some pieces are curved, others are straight. Two pieces have 2 inscribed lines on them. Five have finger holes in them (21 in all, even though some of these may be from disintegration of flute and not technical finger holes). Did not see the gold mouth piece.
When added together, totals to a length of 592mm. The diameter is 4mm. Scholars have put forth that the flute is actually 2 flutes like a pan flute.
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Material:
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Inorganic Remains >>
Metal >>
Silver
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Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number):
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30-12-536
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Notes:
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The tube indicated on the field card was examined and cleaned in the Penn Museum not long after excavation and found to be parts of a flute. The flute in question is published in UE2 in 1934 and several archival documents discuss the object. As seen in the archival drawings and descriptions, it is clearly Penn Museum number 30-12-536, which possibly became mixed up with a drinking tube from PG/1054 (U.11913).
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